Ear-ring.



H. LEVI.

EAR RING. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1910.

1,008, 11 9. Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

FIG. I.

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EAR-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

Application filed November 15, 1910. Serial No. 592,565.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD LnvI, wholesale jeweler, a subject of theKing of England, residing at 18 Crescent road, Crouch End, London,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ear-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to earrings which are secured to the ears of thewearer with a yielding spring pressure.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of anearring embodying my improvements drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 3illustrates a modification.

It has heretofore been proposed to attach earrings by a spring actuateddevice, but the means hitherto adopted have not proved successful.

In my improved earring the spring is coiled into a conical spiralwhereby the action of the spring is firm without being violent.

I construct the earring as follows: The ornamental front a (a button, ajeweled plate or other plain or ornamental device of suitable character)is fixed at one end of a bow b. At the other end of said bow is provideda headed pin or red (Z either passing beside it as shown in Figs 1 and 2or through it as shown in Fig. 3.

c is the conical spiral spring which holds the whole upon the wearerscar by pressing the lobe of the ear against the part a, by its apex f.The part a may have a slight projection e to give better hold. Theconical spiral spring cmay be in one piece with the part cl.

To place the earring on the ear, or to remove it, the spring iscompressed by pulling upon the end of the pin or rod d.

Claims:

1. An earring comprising a how, an ornament at the front end of the how,a conical spiral spring attached at its base to the back end of the bowand having its apex extending toward said front end of the bow, and amanipulating rod integral With the spring and extending rearwardly fromits apex.

2. An earring comprising a bow, an ornament at the front end of the bow,a conical spiral spring attached at its base to the back end of the bowand having its apex extending toward said front end of the bow, and amanipulating rod integral with the spring and extending axiallytherethrough and rearwardly from its apex.

3. An earring comprising a bow, an ornament at the front end of the bow,a conical spiral spring attached at its base to the back end of the bowand having its apex extending toward said front end of the bow, amanipulating rod integral with the spring and extending rearwardly fromits apex and a manipulating device at the rearward end of the rod.

4:. An earring comprising a bow, an ornament at the front end of thebow, a projection rearwardly extending from said or nament, a conicalspiral spring attached at its base to the back end of the bow and havingits apex extending toward said rearwardly extending projection, and amanipulating rod integral with the spring and extending rearwardly fromits apex.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

HAROLD LEVI.

Witnesses:

HOWARD C. ELLIOTT, WALTER J. SKERTEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

